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For years Danish fishermen have dredged the country’s waters for mussels to be frozen or canned. But now environmentally aware pioneers are growing the molluscs on lines and selling their fresh produce to people willing…

Radio

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There’s a revolution brewing in Paris. Fortunately it has rather less to do with guillotines and rather more to do with langoustines: the city’s bistros have been getting a makeover. As have the menus – forget seafood and…

Radio

New Orleans special: we meet some of New Orleans’ greatest culinary figures to learn what makes the city’s food unique, including a visit to Peche Seafood Grill. Plus we speak to the founders of Dinner Lab: a company that…

Radio

A visit to Genoa’s Slow Fish trade fair where chefs from all over the world devise new ways of serving seafood, we visit Kewpie Corporation in Tokyo and find out some of Turkey’s nearly forgotten food treasures.

Film

Ericeira, a small fishing village north of Lisbon on the Portuguese coast, is also a world-class surfing town. People come from as far away as Australia for great waves, good seafood and a relaxed "old Portugal" feeling…

Travel

A mix of gothic cathedrals and modern marinas, Palma de Mallorca boasts a Mediterranean majesty like no other Balearic Island. With excellent boutique hotels popping up all over the medieval city and top-notch restaurants…

Travel

Situated on a beautiful peninsula, Bodrum, once home of the famous Greek historian Herodotus, is these days better known as a popular holiday resort. Enchanting villages of white houses trimmed with purple bougainvillea…

Travel

The allure of the Hindu island of Bali comes from its people as much as its intricate culture. Observe the Balinese immersed in their timeless rituals and succumb to a slower rhythm of life. Meander through temples perched…

Travel

With a healthy work ethic and lots of places to spend your weekends, Madrid's greatest asset is its quality of life. Nestled in the middle of the Iberian peninsula, temperatures may soar in summer but thankfully there are…

Opinion

The French are up in arms about an oncoming threat to lengthen their currently rather agreeable 35-hour maximum working week. Monocle’s David Plaisant asks at what time is it acceptable to still be stuck in the office?

This week a possibly fatal blow was struck to what many believe is a bastion of French culture – the almost sacred 35-hour maximum working week. A few days after taking up his new position as France’s minister of the eco…

Opinion

Five years ago, stood in the concrete shell of a building in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, I made a deal.

Five years ago, stood in the concrete shell of a building in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, I made a deal. When the war ended, once it was safe for people – both Somalis and foreigners – to walk around Mogadishu without the…

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Riccardo Illy is president of both Illy, his family’s coffee-making company, and the Assembly of European Regions, created in 1985 to give voice to the continent’s provinces and generate a forum for mutual cultural insight…